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Fakhre Alam, Chairman of Sindh Censor Board, has claimedFakhre Alam, Chairman of Sindh Censor Board, has claimed in a tweet that Sabri had earlier submitted an application for security, but the home department did not act on it. His killing comes ju

Fakhre Alam, Chairman of Sindh Censor Board, has claimed

Fakhre Alam, Chairman of Sindh Censor Board, has claimed in a tweet that Sabri had earlier submitted an application for security, but the home department did not act on it.

His killing comes just two days after the son of the Sindh High Court Chief Justice was kidnapped and it raises serious concern about the security situation in Pakistans biggest city. This week a doctor belonging to the minority Ahmadi community was also shot dead in his clinic by gunmen.

Opposition politicians have described Sabris killing as a total failure of the provincial government to ensure proper law and order situation in Karachi which is the economic hub of the country.

The spokesman for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insasaf party, Naeem ul Haq, called for those involved in heinous crimes to be given exemplary capital punishment.

"No one is safe in Karachi. The so-called clean up operation since the last two years is a total failure."

A senior member of the Mutthaida Qaumi Movement, Waseem Akhtar, who is the nominee for the Mayors post also condemned Sabris killing and said the government should resign.

"Militants belonging to different banned outfits are openly roaming in parts of Karachi and there is no one to stop them," he said.

In 2014, the Islamabad Hight Court had issued a notice in a blasphemy case to two private TV channels for playing of a qawwali during a morning show. The show had mixed a mock wedding with a qawwali sung by Sabri related to religious figures, and was considered offensive.

An advocate had put the onus on Sabri and poet Aqeel Mohsin Naqvi for the blasphemy row while seeking to ban the Qawwali that caused the issue. PTI CORR/ZH SH AKJ ZH

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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